I'm gonna go with 4. Souths, Melbourne, Newcastle, NQ. Panthers and Manly will be on the fringes (by which I mean winning the premiership and 16th respectively ). Reckon Cronulla will have trouble keeping up the intensity with all the scrutiny. Melbourne came out with huge performances in the weeks after the salary cap scandal but couldn't maintain it and fell off badly toward the end of the season.

I'm gonna go with 4. Souths, Melbourne, Newcastle, NQ. Panthers and Manly will be on the fringes (by which I mean winning the premiership and 16th respectively ). Reckon Cronulla will have trouble keeping up the intensity with all the scrutiny. Melbourne came out with huge performances in the weeks after the salary cap scandal but couldn't maintain it and fell off badly toward the end of the season.

Wasn't Melbourne's lack of performances down to lack of effort away from home as they didn't have anything to play for? They still won half their games after the cap scandal broke.